Cape Verde vs Spain: Travel services (% of commercial service imports)
Cape Verde
30.0%
in 2025
Spain
31.2%
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
51st
Spain rank
48th
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) over time
- Cape Verde
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 31.2% against 30.0% in Cape Verde, a difference of 1.2%.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Cape Verde ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 51st and Spain ranks 48th of 198 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 5 and Spain in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 33.1% | 20.6% | 12.5% | Cape Verde |
| 1980s | 17.5% | 20.7% | 3.1% | Spain |
| 1990s | 31.1% | 23.0% | 8.0% | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 37.8% | 22.6% | 15.2% | Cape Verde |
| 2010s | 31.9% | 28.3% | 3.6% | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 27.6% | 24.3% | 3.3% | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Cape Verde or Spain?
- Spain, at 31.2% against 30.0% in Cape Verde as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Cape Verde and Spain?
- 1.2%, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Spain?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Spain rank globally for travel services?
- Cape Verde ranks 51st and Spain ranks 48th of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Travel services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.